HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 78,384 people get their water from it, across 24,115 connections.
How this compares nationally
19 total violations and 1 health-based ones put HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT at the 39th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,850 of 12,903.
Against the IN average
HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's 1 health-based violations sit within the IN average of 2.9, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 19 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.